Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2714

v1.c6.2714

1. Ayojjhā.—A city of the Ganges.¹ Two visits of the Buddha to this city are recorded in the Canon; on one accasion he preached the Phena Sutta² and on the other the Dārukkhandha Sutta.³ In both these references the city is said to be on the Ganges; the town usually called Ayojjhā (Ayodhya) is certainly not on this river. The records, therefore, go back either to a confused or an unintelligent tradition,⁴ or may possibly refer to another settlement made by colonists from the original Ayojjhā. It is worthy of note that in the Dārukkhandha Sutta some of the MSS. read Kosambī for Ayojjhā. But even Kosambī (q.v.) was on the Jumnā and not on the Ganges.